Aratinga aurea
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The peach-fronted parakeet (Eupsittula aurea), known as the peach-fronted conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname.
The peach-fronted parakeet was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other parrots in the genus Psittacus and coined the binomial name Psittacus aurius. Gmelin based his description on earlier publications. In 1758 the English naturalist George Edwards had described and illustrated the species with the English name "golden-crowned parakeet". The peach-fronted parakeet is now one of five parakeets placed in the genus Eupsittula that was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek eu meaning "good" with the Modern Latin psittula meaning "little parrot". The specific epithet aurea is Latin meaning "golden". The species is monotypic; no subspecies are recognized.
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Brazil · 2016
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Brazil · 2025
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Brazil · 2026
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 6 | Belém | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Brasilia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campinas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Biocentro Güembé | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 3 | Zoo Osnabrück | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 4 | Zoo das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Ecológico de São Carlos | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Loro Parque | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Zoológico de Fauna Sudamericana | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Parque Zoológico Bosque Guarani | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Agroflori Parque de las Aves | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Pantanal Aquarium | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Parque Loro Sexi | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | GüiráOga | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Peach-fronted Parakeet sighting in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 278th most-seen of the 336 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peach-fronted Parakeet in Serra dos Órgãos National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to July, the lowest months. That is one of Serra dos Órgãos National Park's driest months, with about 100 mm of rain against 310 mm in November.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peach-fronted Parakeet sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 7
Of the 7 parks where we can rate Peach-fronted Parakeet sightings, Serra dos Órgãos National Park ranks 5th at under 5%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 80%), Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 50%) and Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 40%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peach-fronted Parakeet is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra dos Órgãos National Park (12 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
